Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Perception and Production of English Front Vowels by Taiwanese EFL Learners. |
| Authors: |
Ching-Ying Lin1 |
| Source: |
Theory & Practice in Language Studies (TPLS). Nov2013, Vol. 3 Issue 11, p1952-1958. 7p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Sensory perception, *English as a foreign language, *Performance, *School children, Vowels |
| Geographic Terms: |
Taiwan |
| Abstract: |
The study aimed to compare the perception and production of English front vowel pairs: /i/-/ι / and /ε /-/æ/ and to identify their perception-production link by Taiwanese EFL learners through minimal-pair tests. Twenty Grade 6 elementary school students in Taiwan were randomly selected to be engaged in two tests with 4 front vowels (/i/, /ι /, /ε /, /æ/) embedded in ten monosyllabic words respectively for perception and production. The results revealed that the performance of Taiwanese EFL learners on the /i/-/ι /pair was significantly better than that on the /ε /-/æ/ pair both in terms of perception and production. To be more specific, the participants perceived and produced /i/ significantly better than /ι /. The production performance of /ε / was significantly better than that of /æ/ whereas the perception performance of /æ/ was slightly better than that of /ε /. A positive relationship between perception and production of these two front vowel pairs was also proven. Pedagogical implications of the study and suggestions for future studies were discussed in the end. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
